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Line 91: == Global Sourcing == Which tape identifies it as the company? --[[User:IlCattivo25\|IlCattivo25]] ([[User talk:IlCattivo25\|talk]]) 07:50, 1 December 2023 (UTC) My copy of Santa Claus is Coming to Town, released in 1995 by Allied Artists Classics. --[[User:Videolover1999\|Videolover1999]] ([[User talk:Videolover1999\|talk]]) 07:51, 1 December 2023 (UTC) How did Global Sourcing (assuming they were the parent for Allied Artists Entertainment) get the home video rights to the film? Did they mistakenly assume the film was in the public domain even though it was not? [[Special:Contributions/69.85.235.232\|69.85.235.232]] 16:20, 1 December 2023 (UTC) I don't really know, to be honest. --[[User:Videolover1999\|Videolover1999]] ([[User talk:Videolover1999\|talk]]) 11:57, 2 December 2023 (UTC) According to The VCR From Heck, Trans-Atlantic Video released two Rankin/Bass specials on VHS; Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and The Little Drummer Boy, both released in 1988, one year prior to the official Family Home Entertainment releases. However, since Trans-Atlantic is mainly specialized in public domain content, it's unknown if they're licensed by Rankin/Bass and/or Broadway Video or if they're unauthorized. [[Special:Contributions/47.17.104.88\|47.17.104.88]] 23:41, 12 March 2024 (UTC) :[[Special:Contributions/47.17.104.88\|47.17.104.88]], Rankin/Bass' "The Little Drummer Boy" was also released on VHS by 21st Genesis Home Video's Happy Face Home Video division, also in 1988, which AFAIK, the Happy Face/21st Genesis release was unauthorized. The print used for the special itself on the Happy Face/21st Genesis release had the jingle for the 1966-1975 NBC Television Network bumper playing over the Rankin/Bass logo at the end (Apparently, the same error also occurred on lots of older broadcasts of the special, especially early '90s broadcasts that used a then-recent syndication print from Viacom). And for the record, Broadway Video held the copyrights to the pre-1974 Tomorrow Entertainment library, including the pre-1974 Rankin/Bass library, at the time (Rankin/Bass was a division of Tomorrow Entertainment from 1971 to 1974; at the time, Tomorrow Entertainment was a subsidiary of General Electric. General Electric kept the rights to the pre-1974 Tomorrow library after Tomorrow was sold to Dancer Fitzgerald Sample and Rankin/Bass was sold back to its namesake founders (Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass). Viacom held the television syndication/distribution rights to both the pre-1974 and post-1974 libraries of Tomorrow Entertainment from the late 1970s to sometime in the mid-1990s). Eventually, Broadway sold its family entertainment division to Golden Books Family Entertainment in 1996. :The Rankin/Bass logo is silent on the official home entertainment releases of "The Little Drummer Boy". Especially the older 1989-1997 releases from LIVE Home Video's Family Home Entertainment division and the 1998-2006 releases from Sony Wonder (At the time, Sony Wonder was part of Epic Records, itself one of Sony Music Entertainment's "flagship" music division labels). :[[Special:Contributions/69.85.235.47\|69.85.235.47]] 17:23, 4 April 2024 (UTC) And also, according to YouTuber Lane, on his video which I just saw entitled, "I Found the Rarest Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer VHS!!" the TAV Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer 1988 tape was indeed unauthorized because not only does the character Rudolph remain copyrighted at the moment, but he also remains trademarked as well. Not only that, but all the songs from the special still remain copyrighted as well. Not only that, but according to The VCR From Heck, The Little Drummer Boy (1968) was also released by Goldstar Video Corporation in 1993, under their Camelot Entertainment division. (unrelated to the ad sales division of King World Entertainment) [[Special:Contributions/47.17.104.88\|47.17.104.88]] 17:01, 04 April 2024 (UTC) :Well, I wonder if the Camelot Entertainment/Goldstar Video release also had the error where the NBC bumper's jingle played over the Rankin/Bass logo at the end. [[Special:Contributions/2601:4C4:4000:A8C0:D194:F047:EB40:1529\|2601:4C4:4000:A8C0:D194:F047:EB40:1529]] 19:28, 7 April 2024 (UTC) It probably did, but I don’t know for sure. And I think the Happy Face/21st Genesis release could be using the same print that Trans-Atlantic Video used, because of the picture looking kind of green. [[Special:Contributions/47.17.104.88\|47.17.104.88]] 12:23, 08 April 2024 (UTC) :At least the print that Viacom issued for syndication in the early 1990s was slightly better than the prints that Happy Face/21st Genesis and Trans-Atlantic used. :Another thing I have heard before is that Rankin/Bass' "The Hobbit" (part of the post-1974 Rankin/Bass library when Rankin/Bass was a division of Telepictures Corporation which later merged with Lorimar Productions to form Lorimar-Telepictures in 1986 and absorbed into Warner Bros. in 1989) was released by numerous PD-based labels/distributors, such as Peter Pan Industries (sometime in the 1990s), and MNTEX Entertainment in the early 1990s (the latter which was distributed at the time by Video Treasures). On the print that the MNTEX release used, the white looked more pinkish (likely due to the deterioration of the film print as a result of possible usage of cheap low-cost film stock). :Funny enough, I used to own a copy of a 1985 VHS release of Frank Capra's "Prelude to War" from Viking Entertainment's Viking Video Classics label. It was packaged in the 1986 cover and had the 1987-89 "label-it-yourself" sticker label (with Viking Entertainment's address on the bottom) on the front/face of the cassette shell. It was duplicated in LP mode, it did not have any printings on the bottom/spine of the cassette shell and it appeared to be recycled off of an SP mode copy of the Happy Face "Holiday Classics Volume 1" VHS from 1988; I could tell because at the end of the tape, just as the video cuts to a fullscreen static screen, the screen segues into the last few seconds of "Santa's Surprise" from the aforementioned tape. Somehow, whatever plant the tape was duplicated at managed to peel the old label off before inserting a new one (I could tell because I saw nothing underneath the label). I bought this tape from eBay back in October 2022 and I no longer have it after I've donated it at the end of last month. :[[Special:Contributions/69.85.235.47\|69.85.235.47]] 18:32, 9 April 2024 (UTC) == Southern Star Duplitek == I'm just curious - how did you know that this duplication firm was subsequently acquired by Technicolor? [[Special:Contributions/69.85.235.224\|69.85.235.224]] 17:10, 12 January 2024 (UTC) == Casino Royale and Spider-Man == How do you know, I'm curious about [[1986]], [[2002]] and [[2007]] and brought down the fact that in 1999, Sony Pictures greenlit ''Spider-Man'' as a replacement for an unrelated ''007'' film that was another ''Thunderball'' remake produced by Kevin McClory, and also that year, MGM picked up ''Casino Royale'' as a replacement for a proposed ''Spider-Man'' film that James Cameron is planning on to do. The former came out in 2002, the latter came out in 2006. --[[Special:Contributions/2600:1700:4300:2C8E:E960:972C:A858:E407\|2600:1700:4300:2C8E:E960:972C:A858:E407]] 21:30, 12 January 2024 (UTC) ==Most Wanted Videotapes== Hi. I want to contribute to the [[Most Wanted Videotapes]] list. These include numerous missing Barney releases. --[[Special:Contributions/2600:1700:4300:2C8E:60F4:BBC7:3A6C:8CF4\|2600:1700:4300:2C8E:60F4:BBC7:3A6C:8CF4]] 20:02, 17 January 2024 (UTC) Go ahead! You might as well contribute to the list. --[[User:Videolover1999\|Videolover1999]] ([[User talk:Videolover1999\|talk]]) 22:31, 17 January 2024 (UTC)--[[User:Videolover1999\|Videolover1999]] ([[User talk:Videolover1999\|talk]]) 22:31, 17 January 2024 (UTC) == L.A. Hero == If you have any L.A. Hero tapes (i.e. U.S. Renditions, Dark Image Entertainment, or Ultra Action Video), could you post their vertical blanking intervals? Thanks! --[[User:IlCattivo25\|IlCattivo25]] ([[User talk:IlCattivo25\|talk]]) 02:05, 29 January 2024 (UTC) I don't think I have any. --[[User:Videolover1999\|Videolover1999]] ([[User talk:Videolover1999\|talk]]) 03:29, 29 January 2024 (UTC) == #48 == Whence did you get the printings? --[[User:IlCattivo25\|IlCattivo25]] ([[User talk:IlCattivo25\|talk]]) 02:25, 10 March 2024 (UTC) Example 2 was from my copy of EscapeTapes: Otters, from 1992, Peter Roberts Productions. --[[User:Videolover1999\|Videolover1999]] ([[User talk:Videolover1999\|talk]]) 02:29, 10 March 2024 (UTC) And how did you know Big Idea tapes were duplicated here? --[[User:IlCattivo25\|IlCattivo25]] ([[User talk:IlCattivo25\|talk]]) 02:34, 10 March 2024 (UTC) I saw these printings on a 1993/1994 copy of Where's God When I'm S-Scared? via a YouTube upload by user DK's Media Central Returns. Type in "VeggieTales: Where’s God When I’m Scared VHS Comparison (@wembleyfraggleproductions3536's Birthday Special)" and skip to 2:10-2:12. --[[User:Videolover1999\|Videolover1999]] ([[User talk:Videolover1999\|talk]]) 02:44, 10 March 2024 (UTC) So it has to be somewhere that had facilities in the Chicago area at the time, since ''Me, Myself and Bob'' mentions Mike Nawrocki driving Phil Vischer and Chris Olson to the duplicator to deliver the very first VeggieTales master after a four-day spree to finish it up so the first batch could be delivered in time for Christmas, and so it had to be very close to Big Idea's workspace. --[[User:IlCattivo25\|IlCattivo25]] ([[User talk:IlCattivo25\|talk]]) 03:01, 10 March 2024 (UTC) As for the A.D. Vision tape, which tape has Example 1? --[[User:IlCattivo25\|IlCattivo25]] ([[User talk:IlCattivo25\|talk]]) 03:22, 10 March 2024 (UTC) I don't think I can remember, but I do remember it was from an eBay listing. --[[User:Videolover1999\|Videolover1999]] ([[User talk:Videolover1999\|talk]]) 05:22, 10 March 2024 (UTC) Can you remember any details besides? --[[User:IlCattivo25\|IlCattivo25]] ([[User talk:IlCattivo25\|talk]]) 05:23, 10 March 2024 (UTC) I don't think so. But if I do find the listing again, I'll be sure to let you know. --[[User:Videolover1999\|Videolover1999]] ([[User talk:Videolover1999\|talk]]) 05:24, 10 March 2024 (UTC) One thing that ''is'' for sure is that it had to be about an hour in length, give or take, since the tape length was 75 minutes. --[[User:IlCattivo25\|IlCattivo25]] ([[User talk:IlCattivo25\|talk]]) 05:27, 10 March 2024 (UTC) I just found the listing. It was a copy of '''Samurai Shodown: The Motion Picture'''. --[[User:Videolover1999\|Videolover1999]] ([[User talk:Videolover1999\|talk]]) 06:09, 10 March 2024 (UTC) == Barney's Magical Musical Adventure == [https://www.ebay.com/itm/274614335271 Possible Cassette Productions specimen? Must investigate further.] --[[User:IlCattivo25\|IlCattivo25]] ([[User talk:IlCattivo25\|talk]]) 19:46, 16 March 2024 (UTC) == DVD Players and VCRs == What DVD players and VCRs do you use for your openings/closings? (including some of your DVD players that trigger the Parental Level menus on certain DVDs and some of your VCRs that can show vertical blanking intervals) [[Special:Contributions/2601:4C4:4000:A8C0:59B9:117:4BE3:B5ED\|2601:4C4:4000:A8C0:59B9:117:4BE3:B5ED]] 22:17, 17 March 2024 (UTC) Panasonic PV-9450, Philips DVP5140/37 and Sony SLV-D300P mostly. The Sony player I mentioned is the one that triggers the parental level menus on some DVDs. The VCR that I currently use that shows off the vertical blanking intervals is the Panasonic PV-9450. --[[User:Videolover1999\|Videolover1999]] ([[User talk:Videolover1999\|talk]]) 01:36, 18 March 2024 (UTC) When were those manufactured? For the Sony products made prior to the late 2000s, the manufacture date is usually comprised of the last number of the year the unit was manufactured, followed by a letter presumably representing the quarter of the year (e.g. if the date reads 4B, it could mean the unit was manufactured during the 2nd quarter of 2004). I currently own a Sharp VC-H870 VCR and an RCA DRC200N DVD player. The Sharp VC-H870 VCR was manufactured in June 1991 and is a Canadian-distributed model (I bought it from a Canadian seller on eBay even though I live in the US). The RCA DRC200N was manufactured during the 18th week of 2006 (7618T; May 1, 2006-May 7, 2006), according to the sticker on the box and the registration card, and I bought it from a seller on eBay who owns a pawn shop (the previous owner, who is likely the person that the seller bought it from (unless the seller was the previous owner which I kinda doubt), bought it from a Best Buy, according to the information sticker on the box). For some reason, the manufacture date sticker is not on the unit itself. I also own a Sony DVP-SR210P that was manufactured in November 2018, which I bought it from Walmart through their website in April 2019, but it's stored away right now. [[Special:Contributions/69.85.235.47\|69.85.235.47]] 17:02, 3 April 2024 (UTC) I will need to look at that at some point. --[[User:Videolover1999\|Videolover1999]] ([[User talk:Videolover1999\|talk]]) 22:33, 3 April 2024 (UTC) UPDATE: As of today, I now own a Sony SLV-798HF VCR. It has an Audio Mix option which basically mixes both the Hi-Fi and Linear audio tracks. My Sony SLV-798HF was manufactured during the 3rd quarter of 1998 (8C; July-September 1998). Many older Sony Hi-Fi VCRs pre-2000 had the option and I believe the SLV-798HF, the SLV-998HF and the SLV-M91HF were some of the last Sony Hi-Fi VCRs with the option (Some of the pre-2000 Sony Hi-Fi VCRs as well as later post-2000 ones do not have the option). [[Special:Contributions/2601:4C4:4000:A8C0:89FD:49AA:5A6E:A09F\|2601:4C4:4000:A8C0:89FD:49AA:5A6E:A09F]] 04:02, 11 May 2024 (UTC) == METACOM == Are you sure METACOM actually self-duplicated VHS tapes? [[Special:Contributions/47.17.104.88\|47.17.104.88]] 21:45, 25 March 2024 (UTC) * METACOM is listed as a duplicator in Billboard's 1997 Buyer's Guide. --[[User:IlCattivo25\|IlCattivo25]] ([[User talk:IlCattivo25\|talk]]) 01:53, 26 March 2024 (UTC) == Hauppauge Video Manufacturing, Ltd. == So how did you know that Hauppauge Video Manufacturing was a Macrovision customer? Have you checked one or more of your HVM-duplicated tapes to see if there was a Macrovision signal? Also, how many rectangles were there on the vertical interval at the start of the tape? [[Special:Contributions/47.17.104.88\|47.17.104.88]] 15:09, 7 April 2024 (UTC) I have two MGM/UA Home Video tapes that I checked so far (Battle for Britain and Red River) and they are both encoded with Macrovision. My copy of Battle for Britain has four rectangles, whereas Red River has three rectangles. --[[User:Videolover1999\|Videolover1999]] ([[User talk:Videolover1999\|talk]]) 22:12, 7 April 2024 (UTC) == Promotional Concept Group == So, how did you know that Promotional Concept Group was a Digital Communications Technology Corporation client? [[Special:Contributions/2600:387:F:7F10:0:0:0:C\|2600:387:F:7F10:0:0:0:C]] 22:17, 17 May 2024 (UTC) I found that out somewhere, but I can't remember where. --[[User:TheVideoLover\|TheVideoLover]] ([[User talk:TheVideoLover\|talk]]) 22:53, 17 May 2024 (UTC)